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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 281 MOTOR CARRIERS
281.695 Powers of Department of Vehicle Regulation to regulate rates and service.
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If the department, after a hearing held upon its own motion or upon complaint, and
in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B, finds any existing rate to be excessive,
inadequate, unreasonable, or unjustly discriminatory, or finds the services rendered
or facilities employed by any common carrier to be unsafe, inadequate,
inconvenient, or in violation of law or of the administrative regulations of the
department, it may determine the just and reasonable rate to be charged therefor, or
the reasonable, safe, adequate, and convenient service to be thereafter furnished,
and shall fix the same by final order. The department need not fix the same rates as
are or may be fixed by other authorities for carriers engaged in other methods of
transportation. (2) The department has authority to fix or approve the contracts and regulations of each contract carrier so as to insure adequate and convenient transportation service. If the
department, after a hearing held as provided in subsection (1) of this section, finds
any existing contract to be excessive, unreasonable, or unjustly discriminatory, or
finds the services rendered or facilities employed by any contract carrier to be
unsafe, inadequate, inconvenient, or in violation of law or of the administrative
regulations of the department, it may determine the just and reasonable amounts to
be charged therefor, or the reasonable, safe, adequate, and convenient service to be
thereafter furnished, and shall fix the same by final order. Effective: July 15, 1996
History: Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 318, sec. 203, effective July 15, 1996. -- Created 1950 Ky. Acts ch. 63, sec. 26, effective June 15, 1950.
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